Local notes from Melrose Dillon and Amesville
Community correspondence from Melrose and surrounding towns recounts holidays services, school events, and social gatherings. Reports detail deaths and saloon issues, marriages, notable visits, mining activity, and local business openings with names such as D. A. H. Florence Marshall, Miss Susie Horis, Miss Annie Patterson, Miss Anna Dowling, C. R. Thomas, and W. L. Robins.
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L. B. Seybold
Dillon
A.D. Young
Dell School Literary Society
Susie Horis
Annie Patterson
Anna Dowling
C. R. Thomas
Idaho
Lima
Santa Claus
Local notes from Silver Star and Whitehall reveal family illness and community events
Mrs. J F Dullea travels from Silver Star to New York where her brother dies. Montana friends extend sympathy. Iron Rod mining claims attract many representatives. Whitehall visit notes describe a lively town, a new school building, and church work paused until spring. Child violinist Karl Hutton ill with measles. Grandma Tuttle, nearly 80, suffers a paralytic stroke. Christmas reflections mention Sheridan children, a church tree, 91 sacks of candy and nuts funded by the postmaster, and local carol singing led by Miss Layne Lowman with a group of singers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Dullea
Silver Star
New York
Montana
Iron Rod
Whitehall
Karl Hutton
Northwest
U.S
Sheridan
Pond
Missy Alay Lowman
Cora Haywood
Bittie Marshall
Louse Lowman
Gertie Foster
Helen Parmeter
Panic in a Play House Wing of Eastern Michigan Insane Asylum Burns
Fire at the north wing of the Eastern Michigan Insane Asylum in Pontiac forces 500 female inmates into the open. Attendants and medical staff, led by Superintendent Burr, heroically evacuated inmates as flames raged and smoke filled the corridors. All are believed rescued alive.
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Pontiac
Mich
Eastern Michigan Insane Asylum
Burr
Wallet Lost on Greenpoint Ferry Leads to Townsfolk Trial
On a Brooklyn Greenpoint ferry a well dressed man searched his pockets for a wallet containing about sixty dollars. A butcher in a booth suspects a pickpocket and the crowd scrutinizes travelers as the man insists the money will be found. After rounds of questioning the loss is not solved and the man refuses further help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Marshall
Santa Claus
Walcot
Raymond
Minnie Schulz
Schulz
James McCourt
Greenpoint
Brooklyn Eide
Tam Willins
Evening World
Brakeman's Carelessness Cited In Hastings Collision Tragedy
Hastings toll rises to eleven dead with a long list of injured and missing. Albert F. Herrick identified as the brakeman blamed for the wreck. theft and body-pocket plundering reported among victims and rescuers. Nearby fires, theatre panic, and other distant notices round out a day of disasters.
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Tarrytown
N. Y
Hastings
Mins. Homan R. BaLdwin
New York
RoSvasly
Annie Porn
B. Mereuy
Hanny A. Faconson
Slightly
JR. Bagnall
Poughkeepsie
Albert FE. Herrick
Beggar says dog kept him alive amid famine
Fragmentary OCR quotes a beggar claiming survival by dog and a seller noting the dog has returned after being sold three times. A shopper exchanges with a tailor and a servant about a package and a missing delivery, in a muddled ledger-like snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Main
A Scientific Formula
Jack and Tom discuss a joking method to guess a girl's age in Harper's Bazaar. Tom suggests asking then adding one third as a supposed calculation. The exchange reflects playful banter about social dating tropes.
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Jack
Tom
Harper’s Bazar
Remarkable Longevity of Hohenzollerns Noted
Grand Duchess Alexandrine of Mecklenburg Schwerin, sister of Emperor William I, nears her ninety second birthday while remaining active in theater and current affairs. New York report notes aging society and health updates amid nine hundred deaths from all causes.
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Hohenzollerns
Alexandrine of
New York
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